Parents are paying more than they can afford for daycareCBC News For most families, debt is part of life. But many are going into the red for more than mortgages and car loans. Many are going into to debt to pay for daycare.
CBC News spoke with dozens of parents about the state of child care in Newfoundland and Labrador. If parents are lucky enough to find spots, they're paying thousands of dollars a month.

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Just baby and meThis Magazine Today, more than 75 per cent of Canadian women with children under the age of six participate in the workforce — making child care an essential part of the labour puzzle. And yet, as Mlieczko says, Canada's child care system is in crisis — and has been for the past four decades.

Spring Conference 2015 registration opensECDA The ECDA is pleased to announce the 2015 Spring Conference! The provincial annual PD day will take place Friday, May 1 at the Rodd Charlottetown Hotel in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

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Child-care costs can save you tax, now more than everThe Globe and Mail Let's start with who can claim child-care expenses (CCEs). If you're someone who has incurred CCEs to allow you to earn income from your employment or self-employment, obtain certain occupational training, carry on grant-funded research, or attend school under certain conditions, then you can deduct CCEs.

Kuujjuaq gets 60 new childcare spacesNunatsiaq News The Quebec government will fund 60 new childcare spaces in Kuujjuaq this year, the MNA for Ungava announced.
That means a third childcare centre in Nunavik's largest community, where the waiting list for childcare spaces has risen to as high as 90 families this year.

Most popular baby names in a population boomThe StarPhoenixWhen it came time to name her second child, Ashley Boehm already knew it was going to be Ariel. She had thought of the name long before she became a wife and mother, and hadn't considered anything else.

Daycare overpayment turns into March Break windfallToronto Star Toronto parents Jenia O'Connor and Mark Moore have an extra $2,529 in their pockets to lavish on their 5-year-old daughter Isla this March Break, thanks to an accounting error at her city-run daycare. O'Connor and Moore are among 44 parents with children in Toronto's municipally run daycare centres who are getting rebates of up to $3,500 per child because the city charged for a half-day of care when their kids were attending full-day kindergarten.

Majority of British Columbians prefers universal child care to tax credits for parentsNational Union of Public and General Employees "Politicians should recognize that working families face a crisis in accessing quality, affordable child care," says BCGEU President Stephanie Smith, who began her career as an Early Childhood Educator. "This polling shows that it's time for political leaders to commit to a universal, accessible and publicly funded child care system."

Free tuition, child care for single parents on welfareVancouver Sun Single parents on welfare can get free tuition and child care as they train and start a new job, the government announced.
The province unveiled a new $24.5 million plan that will cover school fees, daycare, medical costs and transportation for single parents as they try to move off income or disability supports and into the workforce.

Public health to catch up on shot recordsOttawa Sun With or without extra funding, Ottawa Public Health (OPH) will chip away at its backlog of student immunization records by the time the 2015-16 school year starts — even if it means causing "temporary service disruptions" in other areas of OPH.
In a compliance report sent to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, OPH made a case for $520,000 to help with the cleanup.

Ottawa Public Health launches parenting portalCFRA Ottawa Public Health is touting its new interactive web portal service as a one-stop shop where parents can go to get all of the information they need to know.
Parenting in Ottawa consists of a website and a Facebook page where parents of infants and children can seek answers to a range of questions.

Too much added sugar in children's menusThe Varsity A recent study conducted by researchers at the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto found that, of 3,178 meals sourced from 10 fast-food and seven sit-down restaurants, 50 per cent are found to exceed the WHO's proposed daily recommendation for sugar intake.
The WHO recommends that added sugar not make up more than five per cent of daily dietary consumption — a 50 per cent drop from the older guideline published in the early 2000s, which recommended that it make up less than 10 per cent.

Vaccination debate divides rural CanadaLeader-Post Getting her baby that first measles vaccine was one of the toughest decisions Tasha Forget has ever had to make. The new mother was scared to the pit of her stomach — scared of what might happen after The Jab, and scared of what might happen without one.